Extended cookie policy

The website https://www.docsity.com/en/ (hereinafter also "the Site") uses cookies for the following purposes: computer authentication, session monitoring, storage of information on specific settings regarding users who access to the server. This document provides detailed information on the use of cookies and similar technologies, how they are used on the Site and how to manage them. Visitors may set their browser in order to reject or accept the cookies. You may reject cookies directly through your browser’s settings. For more information on the processing of personal data by the Data Controller (Ladybird s.r.l.) click here.

1. Definition

Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and / or numbers) that allow the web server to store information on the browser to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, according to user preferences, by the single browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone).

2. Cookie types

2.1. There are different categories of cookies, with different characteristics and scope:

a) Technical cookies: these are cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of the site and are used for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network, or to the extent strictly necessary for the provider of a service from the company information explicitly requested by the subscriber or user to provide this service;

b) Analytics cookies: these are cookies used to collect and analyze traffic and use of the site anonymously. These cookies, even without identifying the user, allow, for example, to detect if the same user returns to connect at different times. They also allow you to monitor the system and improve its performance and usability. The deactivation of these cookies can be performed without any loss of functionality.

c) Profiling cookies: these are persistent cookies used to identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and improve their browsing experience.

d) Third-party cookies (analytics and / or profiling): these are cookies generated by organizations not belonging to the Site, but integrated into parts of the Site page. Think for example of Google "widgets" (eg . Google Maps) or "social plugins" (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).

2.2. Information collected by "third parties" are subject by the related privacy policies better listed herebelow.

3. Type of cookies

3.1. The website uses the following cookies:

We adopt tools to reduce the identifying power of cookies (IP anonymization: illustration of the technical operation at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en) and we have configured the service so as to prevent the association of the remaining portion of the IP address with other data held by Google (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3379636?hl=en); we have also implemented controls for data retention, setting the period to 50 months (https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7667196?hl=en)

4. Management

4.1. User may accept or not cookies using the settings on their browser.

4.2. Disabling third party cookies does not prevent the user to access the content of website. If the user disable all the cookies, he may still access the content of the website save for cookies session for user’s authentication.

4.3. The setting can be defined specifically for the different websites and web applications. Furthermore, the best browsers allow you to define different settings for various types of cookies:

a) Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Gestione%20dei%20cookie

b) Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d

c) Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

d) Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.00/it/cookies.html

e) Safari for Mac: https://support.apple.com/it-it/guide/safari/sfri11471/macbr/>
f) Safari for iOS: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac

4.4. We also highlight the possibility of using specific tools for the management of privacy regarding cookies for advertising purposes such as Your Online Choices (http://www.youronlinechoices.com) limited to the advertising networks that adhere to the initiative. For more information, http://www.edaa.eu.